Its story

HIP 83872 has a visual magnitude of about 6.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 83872: right ascension 17h 8m 32s, declination +35° 2′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 83872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83872, HD 155179, Gaia DR3 1338219008077219712. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.